The Drydock - Episode 421 (Part 1)

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:31 - Fregattenkapitän Hans Oels?

00:10:18 - What were the plans for Prince of Wales and Repulse had they not been sunk?

00:14:51 - Would the wire for wire-wound guns have been extruded as a square/rectangle shape or cut from a larger material into a shape?

00:17:30 - When civilian ships (S.S. Ohio or RMS Queen Mary, etc.) were pressed/requisitioned by the Royal Navy or other navies, was the entire crew replaced by navy personnel?

00:20:43 - How efficient do you consider the Yamato and Littorio classes?  What was the most efficient battleship of that era?

00:29:53 - How could the Kriegsmarine have prepared to fight the RN?

00:38:48 - Did the Royal Navy ever consider/prototype a diesel powered variant of the Flower / Castle Class corvettes?

00:42:39 - Were oil tankers from the Middle East convoyed the whole way?

00:46:02 - Naval battles attributed to the wrong location?

00:50:01 - Polynesian naval warfare tactics?

00:53:38 - How important was NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw for the German submarine arm in WWII?

00:56:06 - What if the Illustrious class were all lost?

01:01:48 - The largest naval shell that's ever been loaded and fired exclusively by hand without mechanical assistance?

01:06:00 - Lexington class rebuilds?

01:09:30 - How did personal enter a main gun magazine in battleships/ battle cruisers?

01:11:41 - Pro's and Con's of various kinds of compound engine?

01:14:30 - Blast effect of naval HE shells?

01:18:17 - When a damaged ship counterfloods e.g. to avoid capsizing, how is this done?

01:25:39 - How much did a captain’s personal skill actually matter in a fleet action, once signaling limitations and admiral’s orders were taken into account?

01:29:00 - Ships firing inside the range of another ships guns?

01:34:21 - How often were ships in the Second World War simultaneously engaging enemy aircraft and ships, when did it happen, and how did it affect the surface action?

01:38:07 - Did Japan even need to declare war on anyone in 41-42?

01:44:16 - Alternate armaments for the Dido class?

01:49:58 - Are there in the period the channel covers notable instances of using external non-military circumstances to defeat a stronger enemy or at least strongly boost the chances and influence the outcome of the fight?

01:52:22 - Wrapping on an ironclads turret?

01:54:20 - How exactly does one take precise astronomical measurements from a rolling ship?

01:56:57 - What were the considerations for relining worn gun barrels versus scrapping them?

02:00:17 - An earlier Battle of the Falkland Islands?

02:06:10 - Of all the naval related movies that you watched, which one(s) present the most realistically sounding sonar ping as heard from a WWII submarine under water?

02:09:08 - Could destroyers and destroyer escorts carry more hedgehog ammunition?

02:11:16 - How would the Dunkerque's have been used if they escaped to the UK?

02:14:29 - Specific book recommendations?

02:17:50 - Where do carronades make the most sense to refit?

02:20:12 - How common was it for civilian workers to be on a ship in combat?

02:22:19 - Differences between Amagi and Lexington?

02:24:41 - What were relations like between the RN and RAN in the period from WW1 to and including WW2?

02:27:07 - How did the major navies of the time spend time after major battles but prior to the next?

02:35:08 - How early did they consider armouring ships?

02:40:36 - Operation Sealion 1974 Wargame?

02:50:02 - Do we know if/what were Adm Lee's battle plans before the South Dakota went silent?

02:54:09 - Did the limitations of the carriers between the wars hamper naval aircraft development or the other way around?

02:59:08 - Quad Lewis guns on MTB's?